We’re less than a week away from Cerner Health Conference, where we’ll welcome clients, partners and industry experts to Kansas City for three days of education, innovative technology and networking. Each year, thousands of clients rely on CHC to share insights and stay up to date on new and existing trends impacting our industry, as well as tips and tricks to advance their day jobs. In this episode, we’ll hear from Cerner’s Chief Client Officer John Peterzalek on the opportunity CHC offers for bringing health care leaders together, as well as this year’s focus on “Smarter Care.” We’ll also hear from Melissa Hendricks, who leads Cerner’s worldwide marketing communications, on the new era of health care consumerism. On this special episode of The Cerner Podcast, John and Melissa discuss: • “Smarter Care” as a theme and what it means to Cerner and you personally • Current trends in health care and where we will see that at CHC • How the consumerization of health care is reshaping the industry • Final thoughts leading into CHC